The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 69: Modify the sword technique and create a magical skill.
The back mountain of Huashan is another peak adjacent to Siguo Cliff.

A cave has recently been dug in a sheltered location halfway up the mountain.

There is quite a lot of space inside, and some basic daily necessities such as stone beds, stone tables, stone desks, stone benches, and stone urns are carved there.

The only bad thing is that the way down the mountain is difficult to walk on, and it is even more rugged and steep than the way up to Siguo Cliff.

Therefore, every time Xu Xingchen went down the mountain, he would bring back dry food that would last from a few days to more than ten days.

There is a spring in the nearby mountain stream. Even in this snowy winter, you can still get some spring water by breaking open the floating ice.

As for bonfires, they are even simpler. You can pick up a lot of dry wood and branches from anywhere in the forest. When you return to the cave, you can light them in a specially carved stone basin. It can be used for heating and lighting, as well as for boiling water and cooking food.
Everything is ready, Xu Xingchen began his formal retreat and practice.

When he was running around at the foot of the mountain, he rarely had time to calm down and think about cultivation.

Now that I'm back in the mountains, I can finally think carefully.

After a few days of sorting out his thoughts, he reluctantly set two goals for this retreat.

The first goal is to continue to improve the power of my swordsmanship, targeting the ghostly speed of the Exorcist Swordsmanship (Sunflower Manual).
The second goal is to formally create a Qi method that suits me, which is comparable to the weird and terrifying Star Absorbing Method.
During his trip down the mountain, Xu Xingchen witnessed the amazing power of these two peerless magic skills. If he wants to compete with those who practiced these two magic skills in the future, he must think of a way to deal with them.

Whether it is Dongfang Bubai or Ren Woxing, they are both top masters in the entire martial arts world and are not easy to deal with!
In the cave, Xu Xingchen sat next to the campfire, staring silently at the lid of the clay pot on the campfire, which was bouncing "gulp gulp". His mind was filled with the ghostly speed of Yu Canghai in a bright red robe in the bamboo forest behind the Qingcheng Mountain.

In this world, is there any technique faster than the Sword of Exorcism (Sunflower Manual)?
Xu Xingchen pondered this question for a long time, starting from the way from Qingcheng Mountain to Hangzhou City, and continuing until he returned to Huashan and sat here.
After pondering for such a long time, he came to the only answer: in the whole world, there is no martial arts faster than the Exorcism Sword Technique (Sunflower Manual)!
This is an almost despairing answer.
Xu Xingchen felt that no matter what method he used to practice sword, he could not reach that astonishing speed, unless he also practiced the Exorcism Sword Technique, but that was impossible.

Since it is impossible to compete head-on, the only way left is to slow down the person who has practiced the Sword of Exorcism.

How slow?
Xu Xingchen placed his hope on his unique sword skills.

The charm of the sword technique has the effect of hypnosis and soul-captivating, especially when performing the "First Sword of Mount Hua", the effect against the enemy is even more amazing.

He once broke the siege of ten underworld masters with a single sword, taking their lives, and also trapped Yu Canghai, who had practiced the Evil-Defeating Sword Technique, inside, unable to free himself for a while.

To put it bluntly, Xu Xingchen's real way to deal with the Exorcism Sword Technique is to ultimately return to the unique skill of "Huashan's First Sword".

After a battle with Yu Canghai, he found that although the "First Sword of Mount Hua" was incredibly powerful, the sword techniques were still too complicated, almost including all of the Thirteen Styles of Mount Hua.

This kind of swordsmanship, when used to deal with people like the top ten masters of the underworld, is naturally invincible and unstoppable.

But facing the ghostly Yu Canghai, the complicated and varied sword moves became an unnecessary burden. Yu Canghai was like a riot in heaven, causing such a commotion that the whole place was on the verge of collapse.

If it weren't for the subsequent change of "The First Sword of Mount Huashan" including the Crane Dancing in the Sky, I'm afraid that at that time, he would not only fail to trap Yu Canghai or kill Yu Canghai, but would also be killed by Yu Canghai. Such a result would be too tragic.

Therefore, he already had a lot of ideas about the transformation plan of "The First Sword of Mount Hua" while he was still on his way down the mountain.

After pondering for a while, Xu Xingchen decided to simplify things, delete many of the changes in the sword techniques, and then increase the emphasis on the spirit of the sword techniques.

As long as the sword technique has a strong charm, it can affect the opponent's mind, making the opponent confused, slow to react, and naturally slow down the attack.
Now that you have an idea, all that’s left is practice!

But the process of practice is countless times more complicated and difficult than the process of sorting out thoughts.

In addition to the daily compulsory homework, Xu Xingchen took a long sword and sometimes practiced in the open air for half a day, and sometimes sat down to meditate for a long time. The expression on his face showed more sorrow than joy.

Obviously, the process of deleting and adding to the sword techniques was not smooth!

In addition to considering the swordsmanship, Xu Xingchen also needs to take half a day to study and create his own Qi method.

This is another difficult problem.
He currently possesses three magical skills, namely the "Evil-Defeating Sword Technique", the "Star-Absorbing Technique", and the slightly inferior "Crane's Cry to the Nine Skies Magic Skill".

Among these three magical skills, even the worst one, "Crane's Lie in the Nine Skies Divine Skill", can still support the inheritance of a famous sect for hundreds of years. If it is placed in the martial arts world, it can also cause a bloody storm and brutal looting, not to mention the other two famous peerless magical skills.

If people all over the world knew that Xu Xingchen possessed the three great magical skills, he would certainly attract countless martial artists to attack and hunt him down, and the fight would not stop until his death.

By that time, I'm afraid that many people on Mount Hua will have thoughts that they shouldn't have.
The origins of these three magical skills were all unclear, and two of them were extremely harmful, with endless consequences. From the beginning, Xu Xingchen had never thought of handing these three magical skills over to his master and mistress. Not to mention his master and mistress, even with Feng Qingyang, the entire Huashan Sect could not withstand the storm brought about by these three magical skills.

In order for the Huashan Sect to be passed down safely, Xu Xingchen decided to make a fortune in silence!
Xu Xingchen memorized the three magical skills and destroyed all the paper books without leaving a single piece.

Now he was practicing in seclusion in the cave. He spent the morning practicing swordsmanship, and the afternoon and evening studying the three magical skills in detail.

Of these three magical skills, he was most familiar with the "Crane's Lie in the Nine Skies Magic Skill" which he had practiced before; he also had a lot of insights into the "Star Absorbing Technique" which he had only practiced halfway; only as for the "Bixie Sword Technique", he could only understand a little bit through Yu Canghai's crazy narration at the time.

The three magical skills each have their own unique structure of "combining the internal force of Dantian with the five qi in the chest". Each unique structure has produced many exquisite and magical changes.

The Exorcist Sword Technique is as swift as a ghost.
The rotation and stickiness of the Star Absorbing Technique
The lightness and sharpness of Heli Jiuxiao's magic
The more Xu Xingchen studied, the more he could feel the extraordinaryness of the three magical skills. At the same time, he also gained more knowledge and understanding of the internal force in Dantian and the five qi in the chest.

It is true that I reflect and contemplate on this every day, and gain new insights and understandings every day.

The three magical skills are like three dictionaries with different understandings of "Dantian internal force" and "five qi in the chest", respectively explaining their different understandings of "true qi".

Every time Xu Xingchen thought about the three magical skills, he felt that he was constantly colliding with the top wisdom of his ancestors. He was so obsessed that he often forgot to eat and sleep, and turned day and night upside down.

Later, in order to facilitate his research, he went down the mountain several times and moved all the Taoist scriptures from where he lived to the cave where he was in seclusion.

All day, in addition to the normal compulsory homework, the morning sword practice
In the afternoon and evening, he lay on the stone table, flipping through Taoist scriptures and medical books. With his other hand, he held a brush and wrote down some key information, key points of knowledge, and some wild conjectures on pieces of white paper.
Xu Xingchen often studied so much that a day passed quietly. Every time he forced himself to wake up from his research and go to bed on time, he felt that the time was not enough, far from enough.

The sun and the moon rotate, time flies!
Before I knew it, a month had passed.

One day, a familiar call suddenly came from outside the cave, and Xu Xingchen, who was studying Taoist scriptures inside, suddenly woke up.

When he walked out of the cave, he saw a familiar figure standing outside and couldn't help but laugh: "It turns out to be Sixth Senior Brother, how come you have time today to come to my place?"

Lu Dayou smiled, raised the food box in his hand, and said, "I saw that Junior Brother hasn't come down the mountain for many days. I estimated that the food should be almost finished, so I brought some food up!"

"Thank you for your concern, Sixth Senior Brother!" Xu Xingchen took the food box, extended his hand, and said with a smile: "It's freezing outside, Sixth Senior Brother, please come in!"

In the cave, the bonfire flickered, the lid of the clay pot on top of it rose and fell with a "gulp gulp" sound, and thick white steam gushed out of the spout of the pot.

Xu Xingchen put the food box on the ground beside him and said to Lu Dayou behind him: "Sixth Brother, I have a mess here, please forgive me!"

Lu Dayou looked at the large stone table piled with books and papers, shook his head and smiled, "This place is much cleaner than where I live. Junior brother, you really are a person who loves reading!"

"Thank you for the compliment, Sixth Senior Brother!" Xu Xingchen responded with a smile.

Although he likes doing research, he also brought the habit of tidying up that he developed in the laboratory in his previous life into this world. Therefore, even though the large stone table is piled with books and papers, it still looks neat and orderly.

Xu Xingchen opened the food box, took out a few side dishes and placed them on the stone table. Then he and Lu Dayou sat on either side, eating and drinking while chatting.

"Junior brother, you haven't left the mountain this month, so you don't know what's going on in the martial arts world!"

"Oh, Sixth Brother, tell me about it!"

"The leader of the Demon Cult, Ren Woxing, is now causing more and more trouble in the martial arts world. He has almost united all the mountain strongholds in the south, as well as all the heroes from the five lakes and four seas. His momentum is so great that he is much more powerful than Dongfang Bubai."

"Well, Ren Woxing is really amazing!"

"Ren Woxing even said that if Dongfang Bubai hadn't plotted against him, he wouldn't have been able to ascend to the position of leader. So he declared that Dongfang Bubai's position was not legitimate, and called on all members of the Sun Moon Divine Sect to switch sides with him."

"Ren Woxing, good trick!"

"Ren Woxing also said that he, Dongfang Bubai, had practiced the Sunflower Manual and had castrated himself, becoming a eunuch."

"Oh, he actually revealed such a secret? It's incredible!"

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